AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 424 {* H8 e/ C! B4 i1 R9 X
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) w2 W9 D0 g9 O; V2 yNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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9 `+ @, C m; L2 WWeather in hex: Light cloud% P* p- B6 Q, T& O w$ I
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Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.$ f5 K0 S ?2 k% R- R
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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# H/ H% R0 ~. Z4 T+ w0 q% F7 SJapanese aircraft
& R/ M4 I* V& X% z; d3 H G4M1 Betty x 10# j, R5 N" j! Q3 \ \+ f
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Allied aircraft7 H0 Y! N7 S8 R
no flights6 d0 }9 N9 P: B5 l4 ~ O
0 Z* V0 a7 R# P4 v7 ZNo Japanese losses
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6 Q1 Q `! _0 v6 S/ LAllied aircraft losses1 I7 ~- U0 Z. Q" I9 T
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged$ @, u8 n. l+ K9 v
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged. C" R k2 j; g8 W* F2 w1 e
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground0 [$ V( v- K+ s1 N: S
Catalina I: 2 damaged3 v4 r4 g4 U# _
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Airbase hits 2* A$ ~' D4 n- M9 W3 Q T
Runway hits 115 `* p- C! q( p$ \* r8 Q* W' W0 M* H
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 6 R7 ? P; T; u
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Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.$ p7 z0 }) ^, V- l
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes& R+ [1 x5 N9 }; q0 `( L# j
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Japanese aircraft$ X$ r- l, E: U, Z* N
G4M1 Betty x 8( L% a. D* `3 `' y& g7 I! [
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7 Q% x% { Y% ~ no flights
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3 A! I' K8 q% i# T8 P) pNo Japanese losses, t& z3 g; Y. p \' d
. V4 F& J" O& e' \) bAllied aircraft losses
2 t! q/ ?" v# n3 n4 i+ W8 u Catalina I: 1 damaged; F) ]; X8 `% a( O7 h
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged
1 k$ s5 z0 U. r, f Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 3* x0 Z: v! p4 B: e
Runway hits 1
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Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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no flights9 A' x0 l! m0 R' z
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Allied aircraft losses
, Z( @) j7 u( J0 v0 v/ i7 m Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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! O& [3 n* B6 B/ x7 }Japanese Ships
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CA Furutaka
/ ], l2 M( [( z' O& N CA Kinugasa
* B( W5 p# c Z( | k& b' S, X2 J CA Aoba
6 x: }* r; I1 F0 _) I( I w( R CA Chokai
% C3 E7 l: Y9 K# Y; K! k1 X CL Yubari
$ X* L! P; A" E4 _6 } CL Tatsuta. i1 ^& \. {0 i6 _2 l6 i
CL Tenryu
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' d# A5 d. j8 g o; }: _Allied ground losses:$ a% C7 I# A$ [- z0 l/ \9 w2 E
57 casualties reported
9 ~% K3 j* I% U% W" t Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
. m6 c) @/ M2 y1 h0 A" U8 u Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled2 R- w" C$ j' W
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
* k) H" Q! R; H4 U Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 3
@3 g) v/ B5 A j8 sAirbase supply hits 52 d: g; L( N# A. s e
Runway hits 102 M- n6 n, m& m# _. ?8 o
Port hits 188 u7 x" ?, `1 e; [
Port supply hits 39 T, y! H. T$ i; v) g+ g0 x0 [
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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 0 P* _& A0 A6 d8 [
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; y' I2 G& {7 O0 l2 C3 F( PRaid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
; n+ I* w) V, i- n- d9 wEstimated time to target is 11 minutes5 B: }. f$ m) V, G6 ?
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Allied aircraft
- P1 B7 g: Q# u4 K$ c B-17E Fortress x 17
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Allied aircraft losses
* H- Z8 c$ A! H B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |